Remember the Sesame Street skits where — as a kid — you had to identify that in a group consisting of an apple, an orange, a dog, and a grapefruit that the dog “wasn’t like the others” ?
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Let’s play that game again. Here’s the group:
(a) “When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZcEHLr4gBg
(b) “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/04/28/obama_to_wall_street_i_do_think_at_a_certain_point_youve_made_enough_money.html
(c) “There will be time for them to make profits … now is not that time.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/01/obama_now_is_not_the_time_for.html
(d) “I’m not anti-business … or anti-capitalism”
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_32/b4142000676096.htm
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If you were raised on Sesame Street, you probably picked (d) … correct.
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There are a bunch of ironies:
(1) Some people seem genuinely surprised these days that Obama is trying to spread the wealth around … geez, he said he was going to do it and people voted for him and his ideas. As the President likes to say (over & over & over): elections have consequences.
(2) Apparently $5.5 million per year is below the threshold of “you’ve made too much money” since that was what Obama raked in last year while in his $400,000 per year job as President … hmmm. Remember in a debate John McCain answered “what’s rich?” with the answer: $5 million … double hmmm.
(3) Jobs, jobs, jobs … if the Dems have an Achilles Heel this November it’s the unemployment rate. Other than bloating the government bureaucracies and watchdog agencies, where does the President think the jobs are going to be created? Does he really think that he can rally American businesses by constantly vilifying them — one after another? I guess the approach might work, but I’m taking the under bet …
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